Jonathan Quick was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP.EA Sports

They’re Kings of the ice – the virtual ice that is.

EA Sports’ simulation hockey franchise, NHL ’12, predicts that the Kings will beat the Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals in six games.

NHL ’12 predicts that the Los Angeles Kings will beat the New Jersey Devils for the Stanley Cup. (EA Sports)

According to the simulation, Los Angeles and New Jersey will split the first four games, with Devils goalie Martin Brodeur and Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will each earn a shutout in Game Two and Game Four respectively.

If NHL ’12 is accurate, the Devils and Kings will split the first four games, each team winning one game on the road, before Los Angeles rattles off three straight wins to clinch the Stanley Cup with a 3-1 win on home ice in Game Six.

Quick, who owns a 12-2 record, 1.54 GAA, and two shutouts thus far in the playoffs, will be named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.

EA Sports’ hockey simulation has been fairly accurate in recent years, accurately predicting the Blackhawks as the 2010 Stanley Cup winners, the Bruins and Canucks as the 2011 Stanley Cup finalists and correctly picking 13-of-15 matchups during last year’s tournament.

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In additional hockey gaming news, the finalists for the NHL ’13 Cover Vote have been revealed.

Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux and Nashville’s Pekka Rinne will face-off for the right to be featured on the cover of NHL ’13. Giroux beat out Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin while Rinne bested Islanders star John Tavares in the semi-finals.

The winner will be announced during the NHL’s annual awards dinner in Las Vegas on June 20.